This looks really cool. I already have a locker at work, but this is close enough that I might check it out. The best part is it is right near the light rail so you can ride and park and then get to a thousand places. I hope they have a free air compressor. Not including the local bike shops, there is only one I know of in a town of 20,000 bikes (the compressor behind ASU’s SRC). More info at: http://www.thebicyclecellar.com
From the press release:
Interested in riding your bike to work or school, but not too keen on being sweaty once you get there? The Bicycle Cellar, which opens Aug. 24 at the Tempe Transportation Center, has the solution. This multi-purpose facility offers bike racks, showers and lockers to allows bicyclists the chance to freshen up before starting the day. Customers can use the facilities for $3 a day or can purchase an annual membership for as low as $120, which includes after-hours access from 4 a.m. to midnight. Regular operating hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Hopefully this can do video too. Pictured is one of two staff bikes I bought for my minions at work. Actually I bought four, but two were stolen last year.
Interesting post over at EcoVelo. I would not accept a job with a one-hour car commute for 100% more money!
According to a paper by the Swiss economists Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer, a person with a one-hour car commute must earn 40 percent more money to have a sense of well-being equal to someone who walks (or rides their bike) to work. Fey and Stutzer say that people underestimate the down side of a long commute when choosing a home, and that psychologically, a long commute often negates the benefits gained by living in the suburbs.
I will be taking one of mybikes and stripping it down (again) to make something new. I am thinking a new commuter here. Something with a little more style. The first new component — the On-One Mary bars that I scored off of Craigslist. Shaun wanted them but he snoozed.
Quick thoughts (hopes, dreams): Brooks saddle (finally)
Colored chain / chainring
New bars (see above)
New brake levers (one or two or none ? we will see)
New meat (tires)
Front rack (home made) Rocket booster (not really)
Wheelset, perchance
I know what you are thinking, but I do not ride in that area.
A reader in Peoria writes to say some old guy in her neighborhood rides his bicycle, shirtless and with no hands, in the bike lane and gives the finger to anybody in a car who comes beside him in the car lanes. Even if they are nowhere near threatening him.
